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Lyrics
[Verse 1]
I found your red scarf by the county line
Caught on a cedar where the fence wire bends
The creek was black from the October rain
And every road still turned where you had been
[Verse 2]
Your mother keeps the porch light burning low
Though nobody comes up that gravel drive
I hear your name in the screen door's knock
Then watch the kitchen window lose its light
[Chorus]
Black water, carry what I cannot keep
Take this old heart somewhere beneath the reeds
Love left a mark where the cypress roots grow
Black water, tell me what the dead ones know
[Verse 3]
We used to park beside the slaughter pond
With mud on our boots and dust upon the dash
You said forever like a dare to God
I said it back, and meant it just as fast
[Bridge]
Now the frogs go quiet when I pass that bend
The moon lays silver on the flooded land
If there is a place where broken vows can mend
I hope you feel me reaching with these hands
[Chorus]
Black water, carry what I cannot keep
Take this old heart somewhere beneath the reeds
Love left a mark where the cypress roots grow
Black water, tell me what the dead ones know
[Outro]
At dawn the fog will cover up the tracks
But not the road that always leads me back
Black water, roll slow beneath the pines
I lost you once, and lose you every night
Details
GeneratedSep 13, 2026
Duration3:52
LanguageEnglish
Style
dark country ballad, slow loping 6/8 groove, minor-key acoustic guitar and tremolo electric guitar, low baritone male vocal with weathered restraint, brushed drums and sparse floor tom, mournful fiddle answering the vocal, harmonica breaths, swampy room ambience, intimate verses opening into a wide grieving chorus, dusty analog mix with deep low end and restrained tape saturation
Credits
Prompt byLofiBanger270
ModelAria v6
Prompt
Black water dark country, ghost of the past, love and loss back woods country roads dark water swamps
